Higher Than The Earth

 

The vast empires born of man
Rise up and then they fall.
Those who once ruled with great power,
Later realms can’t recall.
 
We see for just the brief moment
When we stand on this land,
But He who rules beyond all time
Holds the earth in His hand.
 
We’re not just dust that’s here and gone,
For each one bears His mark,
But most will come and go from earth
Without knowing His spark.
 
We see this world and this life from
Our foothold on the earth,
But His view covers time and space
Beyond ending or birth.
 
Therefore, all glory man achieves
Is meaningless until
It’s measured by obedience
To Him and to His will.
 
Those who ruled kingdoms long ago
Have nothing now to claim,
For we who stand where they once stood
Don’t even know their name.
 
Speak not, oh man, in arrogance
Of what you know and see,
For you are blind in sight and mind
Within eternity.
 
Yet, He who sees beyond our sight,
Knowing what we can’t know,
Is He who formed us, called us His,
And He still loves us so.
 
Rejoice then, knowing you can’t see
Beyond this life’s domain,
And fix your eyes and heart on Him.
In Him is life’s true gain.
 
Isaiah 55:8-9
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

This amazing photo of Egyptian ruins taken from a hot air balloon is another gift from TAF and her adventures!